«Aura» in Spanish with a Parallel Translation

Aura is a novel written by Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes, first published in 1962. Due to the fantastic details of this text, it belongs to the genre of magical realism, so popular among the authors from Latin America. A young historian who has found work with letters from past centuries is at the center of the events. A strange old woman and a young maid appear in his life accompanied by a lot of madness that makes the existence of a scientist absurd.